South Coast Plaza: 4 store openings, 1 closure

French-Vietnamese designer Barbara Bui, who is based in Paris, plans to open a boutique at South Coast Plaza in September. Barbara Bui, whose high-end clothing is described as minimal and edgy elegant, has shops in Milan, New York and Los Angeles.

Ugg Australia will open a 3,246-square-foot store at South Coast Plaza this fall. The shoe brand has more than 30 locations worldwide, including in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Beijing and Moscow. The Costa Mesa store will carry the complete line of Ugg footwear and accessories, including the brand's cold weather collection of gloves, hats, scarves, handbags, knitwear and outerwear. The store, to be located on level 2 near the carousel, will also sell the brand's new wedding collection that primarily targets brides and bridesmaids who can wear them for rehearsal dinners, spa days, receptions or post-festivities. The collection includes the $80 shearling covered flip flops and a $225 pair of Ugg boots with a Swarovski crystal buttons and $190 pair of Ugg boots made with iridescent sequins.

Patek Philippe, a high-end watch label, recentlyopened its first West Coast boutique at South Coast Plaza. The freestanding store is located inside Tourneau's new concept store with its own separate entrance on level 2 in the Saks Fifth Avenue wing.

Since first opening its doors on Bond Street in 1963, U.K.-based premium footwear designer Kurt Geiger is expanding its operations to the U.S. It's slated to open this summer, either end of August or September, at South Coast Plaza.

Kurt Geiger will be located in the former Nine West space. Nine West recently closed its remaining Orange County store. In 2010, it closed its other location at 5 Points Plaza in Huntington Beach.

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